Brandee' Clarks
Houston ,TX
Summary
Highly experienced process technician with 3 years in the field. Proven ability to implement efficient production processes, troubleshoot equipment issues and lead safety protocol reviews.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Process Technician
TPI Staffing
10.2025 - Current
- Responsible for supporting production operations by ensuring equipment is properly maintained and operating efficiently
- Works closely with equipment and production engineers to assist with equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, programming, and process improvements
- Meeting production and quality standards in a cost-efficient manner
- Train and work directly with the engineering team
- Maintain an assigned production section containing multiple machines
- Operate and support advanced robotics and automated equipment
- Perform general equipment maintenance and operation, including:
- Equipment calibration
- Daily startup checks prior to operation
- Minor equipment repairs
- Equipment program and hardware troubleshooting
- Process troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
- Programming new automated equipment
- Modifying program parameters, configuration files, and recipes
- Backing up equipment programs
- Report process or device issues to management or supervisors
- Write reports and communicate updates to engineering and management teams
- Assist engineers with experiments and process testing
- Perform minor troubleshooting of device failures
- Provide operator backup when needed
- Perform soldering techniques for equipment repair, manufacturing, and rework
- Perform other duties as assigned by management
Liquid Sugar Operator
American Sugar Refining
11.2022 - 01.2025
- Starts machines and observes flow of fiber through mixing picker machines to detect clogged rollers.
- Stops machines and unclogs rollers by hand.
- Cleans machines after each lot, using airhose.
- Mix multiple sugar blends.
- Turn valve to regulate flow of sugar blend, according to type of mix being blended.
- Tend to machines that mix sugar fibers.
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
- Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
- Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
- Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
- Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
- Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
- Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
- Operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials, such as spices, dough
batter, tobacco, fruit juices, chemicals, livestock feed, food products, color pigments, or explosive ingredients. - Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
- Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
- Pumping and pouring chemicals into blend tanks in pre-determined quantities
Operating machinery (mixing blade, pumps & forklift) - Monitoring raw material inventory supply
- Operating forklift in warehouse
- Observing safety requirements set forth by the company
Skills
- Process Optimization
- Lean Manufacturing
- Equipment Maintenance
- Quality Assurance
- Workflow Design
- Inventory Management
- Data Analysis
- Equipment Troubleshooting
Certification
- Sugar Processing Processing Operator Training - American Sugar
- HACCP Certification
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
- Sugar Research Institute Courses
Timeline
Process Technician
TPI Staffing
10.2025 - Current
Liquid Sugar Operator
American Sugar Refining
11.2022 - 01.2025